Bicolano NIA Board Member Mr. Silvestre “Ka Silver” Bonto, Sr., (right) takes his oath of office as member of the NIA Board of Directors before Sec. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, the presidential assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization on Feb. 25, 2015 at the NIA Board Room in Quezon City. His appointment as member of the NIA Board representing the rice and corn sector was signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III last Jan. 22. Bonto is the president of the National Confederation of Irrigators Association (NCIA). He is a farmer from Quipayo, Calabanga, Camarines Sur. (Ed Yu/NIA)